Films - 04/08/2015

For Debra Lam, Chief of Innovation and Performance for the City of Pittsburgh, data can never be led only by city government, for it is owned by all; and because data is only as important as the application of it, non-government applications are the most powerful.

Films - 04/08/2015

Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Information Officer of the City of Boston, tells how the data-app Citizen's Connect has not only helped the city deploying services more effectively, but also drove a new sense of participation and ownership into its citizens. His conclusion? It's an addictive thing.

Films - 04/08/2015

Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Chief Analytics Officer of the City of New York, on how data identifies and tells the stories of the communities, how it maps business environment and how the civic hacking community helps the city by narrowing down management mistakes.

As part of its 2015 international seminar in Berlin on city transformation through behavioural changes, La Fabrique de la Cité asked Dominique Bureau, General delegate of the Economic council for sustainable development and its Scientific committee member, to share his thoughts about La Fabrique de la Cité’s contribution to the economic analysis of cities.

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A young, alternative, creative city. That is the reputation of Berlin, which attracts more than 40,000 new residents every year. As a laboratory experimenting with new ways of using the urban environment, Berlin is an inspirational example of citizen initiative, resource sharing and the expert use of digital tools and services for the benefit of the city.

La Fabrique de la Cité is conducting a workshop in close collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mobile Experience Lab on the evolution of lifestyles and its impact on urban transformation. Professor Federico Casalegno is the principal investigator, and he will lead the international observatory that La Fabrique de la Cité and MIT Mobile Experience Lab have decided to launch.

From the web

07/24/2015 Cir MagazineLondon’s economy at risk from extreme world weatherEvidence presented in a London Assembly Economy Committee report suggests that London’s businesses are ill-prepared for climate change risks, with 54% of FTSE 100 firms having no business adaptation strategy in place for climate change.

07/17/2015 C40 CitiesThe Power of C40 CitiesEach year, C40 surveys the Mayoral Powers of its member cities in order to understand where the greatest opportunities exist to advance specific climate actions and foster targetted knowledge sharing. Explore Mayoral Powers in C40 Cities, or view an infographic to learn why ending climate change begins in cities.

07/16/2015 Cities TodayUS mayors unveil new figures on economic growthAccording to a new economic report released by the USCM, 371 of the nation’s 381 metropolitan areas are experiencing real economic growth. More than three quarters of metropolitan areas are projected to achieve economic growth above 2 percent. The report also states that in 2014 cities were home to 90.7 percent of real GDP, 91 percent of wage income and 87.5 percent of jobs.

07/13/2015 Réinventer ParisReinventing Paris: 75 finalists for the launching of Phase 3On July 12th, 2015, the City of Paris published the list of the 75 teams still in course for Reinventing Paris' call for urban projects. In November 2014, the City asked professionnals to desgin innovative urban ideas and reinvent 23 parisians sites.

Beyond transparency: Brett Goldstein, former Chief Data and Information Officer of the City of Chicago, explains how data can be put together and used to prevent bad events from happening, stopping them before they even emerge.

For Abhi Nemani, Chief Data Officer of the City of Los Angeles and former Co-Director of Code for America, great Open Data policy means four things: focusing on the user, building civic apps, building a data community, and backing these people up. Put together, they contribute to change citizen's experience.